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Be sure to check some
of these great sites.
This page was last updated August 2004
Links seem to change all
the time. We cannot be responsible for bad links when changes are made.
Substantial sites will provide a connection to their new site if one
exists.
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SITES ABOUT
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Cool Women
www.coolwomen.ca
a great site with lots of real stories to read about
real women. The stories are written by women who are passionate about
their subject. They have a cool women timeline too. Check back often,
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[Canadian] Heroines
http://heroines.ca
a great site with lots of information including this month in history,
bios, group histories and a chance to win a new book about Canadian
Women each month. You will want to keep visiting to catch the regular
updates. Current women of achievement are included in this site.
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Celebrating
[Canadian] Women's Achievements
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/12/index-e.html A series of well
written bios that include a reading list about each person. The
series was produced by the National Library of Canada. A set of new
bios are added each year for Women's History Month in October. -
bilingual |
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Status of Women
Canada
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/whm/index_e.html Celebrating
Women's History month in Canada. New materials added each October.
Bios, trivia, games, suggestions for assignments etc. - bilingual
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[Canadian] Women in History On the web since 1995 this is one of the original
sites to find information. Susan Merritt has written several books
on women in Canadian history and here she provides brief bios of
some of the women included in her books. There is a quiz and lots of
reading. The site does not seem to be updated very often, but hey
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Famous Five
http://www.canuck.com/famous5/html/biographies.html
The Famous 5
Foundation educates and inspires fellow Canadians by celebrating
women's achievements, commemorating the Famous 5's courage, tenacity
and conviction and encouraging women's
leadership...
Site contains bios of the Famous Five. - bilingual |
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SITES ON CANADA THAT INCLUDE
BIOGRAPHIES-publications
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
(Online edition) Free access.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
WARNING the Canadian Encyclopedia does not have the financial
resources to keep all its entries up to date.
You cannot always depend on updates such as date of death i.e. Pauline
McGibbon, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario died in 2001 and this
had not bee recorded as of July 2004. - bilingual |
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The Encyclopedia of Music in
Canada
(Online edition) Free
access.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com - note this is the same
access as the Canadian encyclopedia, just click on the Encyclopedia
of Music in Canada from the main page - bilingual |
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The Canadian Dictionary of Biography
(Online edition) Free
access.
http://www.biographi.ca/
WARNING a work in progress that began
in 1959 and covers persons who died between the years 1000 and 1920 or
whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
HINT: search for women by their maiden name. - bilingual |
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The Canadian Who's Who 1997
- (Online edition)
For more up to date
copy of this annual publication, for other past years, consult either
the hard copy or the CD ROM at your local library.
Warning not everyone is repeated every year.
If you cannot locate the person you are looking for check another
year. |
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SITES ON
INDIVIDUAL CANADIAN WOMEN |
There are lots of
great sites out there on your favourite famous Canadian Women...mainly
about current celebrities in entertainment or sports. There are a few
pages dedicated to historical figures. Some information is tucked away in
web pages as part of a more general information site and it may take some
work to seek out just the right pages.
WARNING...be sure to use an
authoritative page...a page that is an "official" page of an
individual or has been developed by a solid organization
(i.e. Canadian Sports
Hall of Fame, a University or Library or an individual who is a true
researcher (i.e. a librarian, teacher, journalist, etc.)
Use a good
search engine like Google or Teoma or Yahoo or a
mega search engine like Dogpile and type in the name of the person
you are searching. |
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Some of My
favourite sites on individuals |
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SITES ON
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES BY
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